O2 UK launches consumer 3G with an enhanced O2 Active portal and new 3G devices, including the attractively priced X4. Tariff bundles have inclusive minutes for either voice or ...

T-Mobile Germany enables BlackBerry Push services on the MDA III and makes its 3G/GPRS data card pricing more attractive to shore up the business market in the new year. ...

Amena's prepaid instant messaging service with MSN Messenger offers consumers a new, if imperfect, alternative to SMS. Competitors must undergo a radical SMS health check, to keep the industry's ...

Vodafone NL has launched a new business sales strategy, envisaging a shift in resources from retail to the indirect channel with enhanced account management. This is an unconventional move, ...

Breizh Mobile confirms operators' worst fears: dirt-cheap voice and SMS is a growth market. In its first eight weeks of service, Breizh has scooped 10,000 customers happy to live without ...

O2 is playing catch-up in Germany by trying to penetrate the enterprise market with new Optimiser software to increase the speed of its 3G/GPRS data card and three months of ...

Tiscali Netherlands announces it will launch VoDSL in March 2005, making it yet another major broadband player looking to muscle into the Dutch fixed telephony market, a sector that is ...

Siemens has been working with Microsoft on OpenScape product development for over two years, so the new sales and marketing deal is simply a natural extension; however, the tactical implications ...

Global Crossing has extended its DSL access coverage into four European countries. There's not much amiss with the service and the deployment will help Global Crossing regain some ground in ...

Vodafone Spain keeps itself in the limelight with a January sales promotion. Free voice and videotelephony minutes - as opposed to handsets or new content - form the focus of ...

Wind has extended its 3G/GPRS/WLAN Fire Card promotion until March 31, 2005 in an attempt to drive uptake of its new 3G services. As the last 3G entrant, Wind ...

In a direct response to Vodafone Italy's new assault on 3G and mobile TV services, TIM has launched a free mobile TV offer until January 31, 2005. This was ...

Telenor has acquired Spray's 200 SME accounts and the network assets that Spray acquired from Tiscali earlier this year. This move increases Telenor's position in the Swedish business market and ...

Orange France makes a late lunge at the end-year 3G consumer market. Orange Intense mirrors SFR's tariff structure and handset pricing benchmark, but distinguishes itself with "free calling' and ...

Orange UK launches consumer 3G services and undercuts Vodafone with its early adopter tariffs. Without the razzmatazz of Vodafone's launch of Live! with 3G, Orange's low-key launch of consumer ...

Scarlet Telecom continues its long-term strategy of growth through careful acquisition, purchasing Tiscali's Belgian ISP and advancing its hard push into the BeNeLux region's telecommunications services markets for consumers and ...

TeliaSonera Sweden cuts HomeRun WiFi access costs. While this is certainly good news and should attract new business customers within the Nordic region, there are already some national rivals with ...

mm02 licenses i-mode from NTT DoCoMo for use in the UK, Ireland and Germany. mm02 hopes to use i-mode to drive ARPU, but the operator is increasingly under attack from ...

VIA NET.WORKS Espana announces discounts ranging from 20% to 50% on its assortment of business telecom services, available through December 31, 2004. The special offers will stir interest among ...

Arsys Internet launches its Portuguese Web presence, targeting Portuguese-speaking clients with its range of Internet and Web hosting services. The move expands Arsys' addressable market, but competition will be ...